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    2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Coming To America, Five-Door Style

    2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback, Ralliart Break Cover Early On Way To Paris
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    Image of SundaySunday SundaySunday
    01/30/09

    In reply to 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Coming To America, Five-Door Style
    Sorry, but in my opinion: Sportbak > Sportback.


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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    01/30/09

    @SundaySunday: NX!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/30/09

    @Mad_Science: It's the unintentional Japanese Rampage!
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    01/30/09

    @Fluffy, Pushbroom: That's right. It has the added Jalop quality of being the easiest to "camino-ize". Remove the back and fold down the rear seat.


    As I think of it, they'd be more like a BRAT, since you could get them with T-tops.

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    01/30/09

    In reply to 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Coming To America, Five-Door Style
    "I'm a tiny X6!"
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    Image of Sportwagons, haulin' stuff and haulin' balls Sportwagons, haulin' stuff and haulin' balls
    01/30/09

    In reply to 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Coming To America, Five-Door Style
    Not bad, but the Lexus IS 300 SportCross got it way more right. Bring it back, Lexus.
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    01/31/09

    @Sportwagons have hustle AND bustle: If I'm not mistaken, one could only get a 5-speed in the IS300 sedan, and only after its second year. My dad had an '01 and even with the auto it's the most fun car I've ever driven. I would rock a manual SportCross so damned hard.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    01/30/09

    In reply to 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Coming To America, Five-Door Style
    I kinda like it. Me and Mitsubishi still aren't really on speaking terms but I kinda like it.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    01/30/09

    In reply to 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Coming To America, Five-Door Style
    Mitsu: You need to fully embrace the wagon. This "sportback" 5-door nonsense will get you nowhere.


    Wagon-fearers (aka fools) still won't like it, but it doesn't really offer the dog/bike hauling room that a real wagon brings.


    The net result is like a girl who's kinda chunky, but not quite filled out to be called curvy or voluptuous. No thanks.

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    Image of Timtoolman, sporadically speaking Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
    01/30/09

    @Mad_Science: Sportback is another word for hatchback, which got a bad rep in the 80's. I say welcome.


    PS kinda chunky= big boned.

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    01/30/09

    @Timtoolman, now with power tools!: The point being that I couldn't replace my WRX Wagon with one of these.


    The utility's just not there.

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    01/30/09

    In reply to 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Coming To America, Five-Door Style
    More attractive than the Impreza. (Which may be a little bit like "more attractive than Rosie O'Donnell.")
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    01/30/09

    In reply to 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Coming To America, Five-Door Style
    Wait-- you can't get a proper manual in the Ralliart? Either I misread that, or I don't know what the world's coming to.
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    Image of seoultrain seoultrain
    01/30/09

    @A strolling player can't find Waldo: Yeah, dual-clutch auto only.
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    Image of IH_kumicho IH_kumicho
    01/30/09

    @seoultrain: dual clutch only, and probably still 2k more than the WRX. once Subie upped the power and kept the price under 25k, it sort of killed any interest I had in the Ralliart...
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    01/30/09

    @IH_kumicho: Unfortunate that I really can't get behind the look of the new WRX. The Lancer, on the other hand, took a number of steps in the right direction.


    I just want to know why I have to choose between 69 horses and a damned clutch pedal. That's shitty.

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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    01/30/09

    In reply to 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Coming To America, Five-Door Style
    LIKEY and screw the image. It'll only stick to you if you 1) are close enough in A/S/L to the demographic and/or 2) have little enough self-control to delve (read: wallow) in their shit. Be an adult. Rise above! Fight! WIN!
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    Image of Timtoolman, sporadically speaking Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
    01/30/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: Really, why should anyone, above the age of 18, give a shit as to what anyone else thinks of his choice of wheels?
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    01/30/09

    @Timtoolman, now with power tools!: Babes, man, Babes. Ya gotta look cool. :p
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    01/30/09

    In reply to 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Coming To America, Five-Door Style
    Actually, I think these are kinda spiffy.

    Get one in a nice cocoa brown with a manual 2.4.

    Should be a fun useful ride at reasonable cost.
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    01/30/09

    In reply to 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Coming To America, Five-Door Style
    "Lancer" always sounded to me like the bottom rung job at a dermatology office.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    01/30/09

    @Ash78: Well, if you like this you should really check out the BMW PUS Concept. Straight up runs away from design boundaries.
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    01/30/09

    In reply to 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Coming To America, Five-Door Style
    The problem with cars like this (specifically the Ralliart/ more so the Evo X) is that I want to buy them. When I go to do some research on various forums I get a headache and have to weep for humanity. The bragging about genitalia size, which car is faster/better, why x magazine/blog/etc did an unfair test where their car didn't win, street racing, etc. It hurts. Plus, therz olny so manie wayz 2 scru enlish, yo.
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    01/30/09

    @averyrm: I feel your pain. I bought a boy racer car when in my 40's and could find no Internet home. That's how I got here.
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    01/30/09

    In reply to 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Coming To America, Five-Door Style
    Will Mitsu survive the carpocolypse for this?
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    01/30/09

    @banner77amc:


    That's actually a very good question. Though the focus is always on the Big 3, many other manufacturers are hurting too, including Mitsubishi.

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    Image of seoultrain seoultrain
    01/30/09

    @pauljones: I can't remember a time when Mitsubishi was doing well.
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    01/31/09

    @seoultrain: Everybody had an Eclipse in the '90s. Galants used to be pretty popular, too, before they made it look like a giant Lego® Building Brick. And I still see a stupid lot of those shit-ass Mirages from the Day.
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    Image of combat chuck combat chuck
    01/30/09

    In reply to 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Coming To America, Five-Door Style
    WANT. In blue, please.
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    01/30/09

    In reply to 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Coming To America, Five-Door Style
    In grade school, my parents drove a 1993 Mitsubishi Expo LRV. It might as well have been a Le Car with a fabric sunroof.


    I can now never willingly purchase a Mitsubishi, especially Mirage/Lancer/Colt variants with some form a rear hatch.

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    Image of baldy_pm baldy_pm
    01/30/09

    In reply to 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Coming To America, Five-Door Style
    Dear Mitsubishi,


    DO NOT WANT

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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    01/30/09

    @baldy_pm: Are you on drugs? You get most of the EVO performance and goodies without the tacky high school add on baubles, more utility and a lower insurance bill.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    01/30/09

    @Ben Wojdyla:


    But you're still stuck with the tacky high school image.

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    01/30/09

    @baldy_pm: That leaves more for me.
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    01/30/09

    @pauljones: See, if that's all that stops you then you need a little more freak in your flag. If YOU like it, then who cares what others think.
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    01/30/09

    @SCROGGZILLA RAIDS COMMAS!!:


    *sniff*


    I love you, man.


    AMC Gremlin converted to AWD with LS1/six-speed painted grabber blue with orange racing stripes, here I come!


    Actually, that would be strangely awesome....

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/30/09

    @pauljones: HEMI, NOT LS1.


    Jesus, man, do I have to remind you to keep it true to the brand? AMC is a Chrysler product now, if you MUST bother with a new engine, at least stay true.

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/30/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: You know... it's everything I SHOULD want.


    - AWD? Check.
    - High-revving, potent, boosted engine? Checkity-check.
    - Lots of performance potential available aftermarket? Checkeroo!
    - Wagon? Uh... check-ish?


    And yet, it gives me a great big huge throbbing "MEH." It should be everything I've ever wanted ever in a car EVER... and I don't give two shits about it.


    Why, Ben? Change my mind. Why does this car do absolutely nothing for me?

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    01/30/09

    @Deartháir discusses blown trannies just for Google AdSense: Good one, but Gremlin waas never under the auspices of Chryco.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/30/09

    @Timtoolman, now with power tools!: I'm aware of that, but AMC doesn't seem to have a good, new competitor for the LSx engines, or Chrysler's Hemi.
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